Clothes-rack



(No Model.)

B. G. HURD.

, GLOTHES RACK. No. 335,073. Pag'ent'ed Jan.26, 1886.

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EDWARD G. HURD, OF SENECA, KANSAS.

GLOTHES RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,073, dated. January 26, 1886.

Application filed May 8,1884. Serial No. 130,774. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD G. HURD, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Seneca, in the county of Nemaha and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Glothes'Racks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to clothes racks; and it consists in the improvements hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim, whereby a simple and cheap structure is secured, and one that may bereadily converted from a stand-rack to a bracket device.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view illustrating my improvement arranged as a stand'rack. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan of a part of my improvement, and Fig. 4 is a detail view.

A B represent two parallel horizontal beams bolted together by bolts to b, the bolt 1) serving as a pivot for a leg, 0. A vertical plate, 0, has at its lower portion a shank-extension. d, which is clamped'between the bars A B, and haspivotally attached to it by a bolt, 6, two legs.f g, which areinclined from each side at right angles from the leg 0, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The upper ends of the legs f g are beveled to permit the inclination of the said legs, and afford them a bearing against the inner faces of the bars A B. The upper end of the leg cis likewise beveled for a like purpose to bear against the end of the transverse securing-bolt e. The plate 0 carries on its front face two projecting pins or studs, h, which are adapted to engage openings therefor in a second plate, D. This plate D carries a shelf, E, braced byacentral form a loop at that portion of the bar, and I the other end is embedded in the under face of the arm I.

When the bars I are in the position illustrated in Fig. 1, and by the horizontal bar, as seen in Fig. 2, they bear with their bottom faces upon the wire 6, while their end portions bear against the under face of the shelf E.

By pulling each bar I outward, and causing the wire 2' to engage the loop formed by the wire at the end of the bar, the bar will thus be suspended in a vertical position, as illustrated in Fig. 2, thereby reducing the space occupied by the structure.

If it be desirable to dispense with the stand, the-plate D can be readily removed from its engagement wilh the pins h and caused to engage like pins on a wall or side of a room, and thereby constitute a bracket.

The openings in the plate D are preferably contracted toward the loop, so that the disengagement of the pins It can be effected by lifting the plate D before removing the same.

I claim- The combination, in a clothes-rack, ofa plate, of a frame or support consisting of the bars A B and pivoted legs a b c, beveled as described, and a plate provided with a series of pivoted arms and removably secured to said support or frame, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD G. HURD.

Witnesses:

LEwIs KEELEY, A. W. BURK. 

